Chapter 191 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie

Since she said so, then that must be the case,” Lina Sweeney said confidently.

The curve at the corners of Hadwin Stephenson’s mouth gradually began to vanish, and his eyes began to darken. “Do you trust her that much?”

“She’s my best friend. If I don’t trust her, who should I trust?” Lina Sweeney said matter-of-factly.

“How about me? Do you believe me?” Hadwin Stephenson asked suddenly.

Lina Sweeney was stunned. What did he mean by this question? Was he not going to get even with her? How could she trust him with no reservations?

If she did, she would probably end up being tortured into bits.

However, of course, she could not answer that in the presence of Hadwin Stephenson, so she quickly answered, “Yes, of course, I trust you!”

He stared at her, almost as if he was trying to see through her.

After a long time, he lowered his lashes to hide the flash of disappointment in his eyes. “All right, you can hand me the clues you have later. I’ll have someone look it up.”

“Really? Thank you so much!” Lina Sweeney said, overjoyed.

Her hands went straight across the table and excitedly took

Hadwin Stephenson’s hands. “I knew you’re a good guy. You can’t go back on your words, all right?”

He looked at her hands rather fixedly. Her hands were now gripping his as if even they were expressing joy.

He looked up and caught sight of her happy smile. Suddenly, he was a little jealous because her smile was not because of him but Grace.

Clearly, Grace was far more important to her than he was!

In the car, Brian leaned back in his seat and rubbed his temples gently.

His secretary, who was also in the car, said to Brian shortly after receiving a phone call, “Mr. Hart, the set of jewelry Miss Cummins chose at the jewelry store is worth 20 million dollars. Do you want Miss Cummins to take them?”

20 million dollars was a little expensive, so the owner of the jewelry store called to inquire about it.

Brian said lightly, “Since she has made her choice, she can have them.”

“All right,” replied the secretary. Then, he replied to the owner of the jewelry store accordingly. However, he secretly felt that Miss Cummins was too shallow. They had only dated for such a short period and already, she could not wait to join the high society. More recently, she had been going to jewelry stores and luxury stores, seemingly trying hard to look like a socialite.

She just took everything she liked and charged it on Master

Hart’s card.

The woman was too impatient, but the higher she stood now, the worse she would fall in the future.

Previously, Master Hart usually ignored his ex-girlfriends who were too eager and flamboyant. This time, to the secretary’s surprise, Master Hart did not have much of a reaction.

Was it because she was still new? The secretary wondered, but she did not think Evelyn had captivated Master Hart’s heart. After all, if a man really liked a woman, he would not just let her pick her own jewelry and act so calm when he spoke of her.

“Miss Cummins has been running up a lot of bills lately. It’s almost 30 million so far.” The secretary thought it necessary to remind him.

“Is she?” Brian slowly looked up and turned to face the secretary sitting next to him with a half-smile. “Why are some

“Miss Cummins’s probably trying to grab whatever she can,” replied the secretary.

“What a bore. Maybe they’ll end up catching nothing,” Brian said as he slowly turned to look out of the window.

Although 30 million was nothing to him, he had always been willing to spend money on his girlfriends. He thought of it as compensation for these women,

The women who had been his girlfriends before were all looking for money, wealth, resources, fame… However, they were more skillful than Evelyn. At least they would not treat him like some sugar daddy.

It did not matter though. He was keeping Evelyn by his side just to learn more about Grace’s past.

Come to think of it, he had always thought of Evelyn as a stand-in for the little girl he met when he was younger. Her lips were like those of the girl he remembered.

However, that slowly changed. Sometimes when he was upset, it was as if he could calm down just by listening to Evelyn talk about Grace.

Grace was clearly not the little girl who saved his life back then.

Maybe it was because Grace looked like the girl. That was why he treated her differently. He could not help but want to be close to her when he saw her.

However… Jason wanted the woman, and there was no need for him to offend Jason for a woman. After all… she was not the person he was looking for.

As the car crossed a road, Brian could not help but glance at the streets. He subconsciously looked at the people in sanitation service workers’ uniforms.

Grace was in charge of sweeping this street!

However, he did not see Grace even when the car had already driven out of that area.

There was a hint of disappointment in his phoenix eyes.

Was it her day off? Or did something come up, so she did not go to work?

Even Brian did not realize how much he was speculating just because he had not seen her recently. When had he ever thought so much about a woman other than the little girl in his memories?

The car stopped at a red light. Just as Brian was about to withdraw his gaze, he suddenly saw a figure riding an electric bike. That person also stopped at the stop line, catching his attention.

The person was slim but was riding a man’s electric bike. At the back of the electric bike was a large delivery box with the words ‘Yan Yan Restaurant’ printed on it.

Brian was stunned for a moment, but before he knew it, the red light turned green. The figure was already riding the electric bike to the right.

“Follow that electric bike with food deliveries!” Brian immediately ordered the driver.

“Mr. Hart, we’re on a straight road. We can’t turn,” said the driver immediately. Besides, there were cars ahead. Even if he tried to make a turn to follow, there was no way he could push them away.

Brian could not help but laugh. What was wrong with him? Did he really just have the impulse to ask the driver to follow Grace? It was just a woman. Was it necessary for him to go to such great lengths just to see her?

No matter how much she looked like that little girl, he should not care too much. After all, she was Jason’s girl, was she not?

At the thought of this, Brian withdrew his gaze, leaned back in his seat, and slowly closed his eyes before saying, “Go back to the office.”

His hand once again subconsciously covered his chest. He hung the silver bracelet on a platinum chain and wore it on his body. The position of the bracelet that was against his heart seemed to be burning.

Did letting go once mean letting go for a lifetime? When on earth would he find the little girl who saved him?

If only he had not let go!

When did finding her became an obsession of his?!

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